I know there are a lot of topics on the synaptics touchpad not working, but I can't seem to find the answer to my problem anywhere. Please forgive me if I missed it.
Here is what happened.
After using the "ambient light" F11 key on my HP laptop (Compaq nc8430), the touchpad was disabled and I couldn't get it to work.
Then I found this thread : "Synaptic touchpad on laptop not working". And Salem's answer totally solved my problem, both for the session fix and for the permanent fix.
But since then, after each reboot I get the same error pop-up, with the following content:
No touchpad found.
No touchpad was found in this system. If the system has a touchpad, please make sure that the synaptics driver is properly installed and configured.
If your touchpad is not found, though the driver is installed and configured correctly, please compile detailed information about your touchpad hardware and report this issue to the issue tracker.
Needless to say, the driver is indeed installed, activated and configured (even though it's kind of useless now, since I guess the .conf file I created is doing all the work).
I know it's a minor issue, because the touchpad does work properly, but it's getting really annoying...
So, could anyone please help me fix this error pop-up problem ? Thank you !
EDIT: After trying unsuccessfully everything below following Saurav's advice, my popup problem is still there.
To be clear, my touchpad does work perfectly since the fix I mentionned above. But the fix itself, namely the .conf file in modprobe.d, seems to be causing the error "No touchpad found".
So, is there anything I can do to prevent this confusion, for example a command to add in that .conf file ?
Or does anyone know of another method entirely to fix my touchpad permanently and not get a false error of missing touchpad?
Thanks again.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-input-multitouch,sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-input-synpaticsandsudo dpkg-reconfigure $(dpkg -l | grep xserver | awk '{print $2}' | tr '\n' ' 'andsudo update-initramfs -u. Restart your system once.. – Saurav Kumar Oct 17 '13 at 13:08xserver-xorg-input-multitouchandxserver-xorg-input-synapticsare not installed and that no information is available. – Sandra Oct 17 '13 at 13:25sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-multitouch. Read the installation message carefully, i,e don't remove any other package while installation. Once installed execute this:sudo update-initramfs -uand restart your system. Reply.. – Saurav Kumar Oct 17 '13 at 13:35update-initramfscommand and rebooted, but the error pop-up was still there. So I used thedpkg-reconfigureof you first message and it worked for themultitouchandsynapticsones. But I'm confused about the following command, it then opens a new line with only the>sign. Sorry, I know almost nothing about console commands, so I can't correct it myself... – Sandra Oct 17 '13 at 13:56)parenthesis.. :O so your command will be:sudo dpkg-reconfigure $(dpkg -l | grep xserver | awk '{print $2}' | tr '\n' ' '). If it runs successfully then execute this command also :sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a(it would take some time, so please wait). It will not give any error and will execute successfully. After this please follow my first comment. Reply.. – Saurav Kumar Oct 17 '13 at 14:00ldconfig deferred processing now taking place, is that OK? Then I launched thesudo dpkg-reconfigure -acommand, and I have no idea what I was doing, but I accepted every default setting in the graphical dialogue interface... It ended with this message:/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: initramfs-tools is broken or not fully installed. Is it OK and should I proceed with thesudo update-initramfs -ucommand? – Sandra Oct 17 '13 at 14:27/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: initramfs-tools is broken or not fully installedthis message tells thatinitramfs-toolsis either not installed or broken. You can re-install it by :sudo apt-get -f install --reinstall initramfs-tools. Once installed successfully run this command:sudo update-initramfs -uUff!! It is going to be lengthy now.. :P – Saurav Kumar Oct 17 '13 at 14:32sudo update-initramfs -udoesn't send any error at all though, I decided to be optimistic and tried one last time all of your first post actions (with the corrections); but the error pop-up is till there after rebooting. So I guess I'll re-install theinitramfs-toolsnow as you said! – Sandra Oct 17 '13 at 14:48sudo update-initramfs -udisplay any message like:update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-031100-genericIf not then really you've to re-install it. – Saurav Kumar Oct 17 '13 at 14:51img-3.8.0-29but I suppose it doesn't matter). I used thereinstallcommand anyway, followed once again by theupdateone, and there was no error apparently. Now what, reboot, or some more commands? – Sandra Oct 17 '13 at 14:54sudo dpkg-reconfigure -abecause it was not successfully executed last time. Thensudo update-initramfs -uthen restart. – Saurav Kumar Oct 17 '13 at 14:56/etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conffile that I mentioned I created? Does it not create some conflict? – Sandra Oct 17 '13 at 14:57sudo mv /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf_bakYes you can give it a try.. R – Saurav Kumar Oct 17 '13 at 15:02sudo dpkg-reconfigure -aand I got the same message at the end/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: initramfs-tools is broken or not fully installed... Is there anything I did wrong in the dialogue interface or somewhere else? I'm really sorry to keep bothering you! – Sandra Oct 17 '13 at 15:13gsynaptics;sudo apt-get install gsynaptics. I also suggest you to install Touch-pad applet indicator 6th point. Find how to install and how it works. gsynaptics will help you to configure touchpad locally. You have to Open Pointing Devices (search in dash). Hope these would help you any how. Reply.. – Saurav Kumar Oct 17 '13 at 15:18gsynapticsfor Gnome only? I didn't install any new kernel ; as of today, I have a notification for a new Kubuntu version update, but I haven't accepted it yet. Also, in the meantime, I did "remove" my .conf file as you said, and on reboot the error pop-up was gone, but then again so was my touchpad...So I believe the error definitely comes from there (I followed again the procedure of the thread I mentioned in my orginal post and touchpad is back now as usual). Isn't there anything else I can write in that file for example, to prevent it from generating the error? – Sandra Oct 17 '13 at 15:30gsynapticsin KDE or not. If you are able to open Pointing Devices then I think you can install it. Sorry! I don't know how to fix that error message. Although it is now clear that.conffile was causing it. All I can do is only wish you good luck that you don't get the error again. :) Sandra, I found this link, it seems to be the same issue. Please give it a look. – Saurav Kumar Oct 17 '13 at 15:38gsynapticsfor KDE issynaptiks, which I have. Also, if I understood correctly what was done in the thread I mentionned, I think my touchpad is now recognized as a PS-Mouse, and not as a touchpad per se, so it's logical that there is "no touchpad found". Thank you for the link though, I'm going to read it carefully (but as it's quite long, I wanted to answer you before). – Sandra Oct 17 '13 at 15:54